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NYC Defenders: District Attorneys Breaking Their Promises to End Marijuana Prosecutions
On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys ...
#ChangingTheNarrative—A Much-Needed Campaign to Improve Media Coverage of Drugs
On June 8, the Atlantic published a misleading story that suggests people who use drugs will ...
New Zealand Government Initiative Shows Welcome Support for Tobacco Harm Reduction
The New Zealand government has launched an online resource endorsing—and educating about— vaping products ...
All-Time High European Cocaine Supply Underlines Rationale for Fair Trade
Cocaine, most widely used illicit stimulant in European Union countries, is surging in the ...
Mexico Public Health Agency Lashes Out Against Tobacco Harm Reduction
Mexico’s consumer health protection agency has effectively denounced the US Food and Drug Administration’s ...
Data Platform Scores California Police Departments a Resounding “F” for Racial Bias
Every person in prison is a policy failure,” is a common phrase in abolitionist ...
NYC Rolls Out Encouraging Fentanyl Campaign—But Why No Mention of Drug Checking?
Announced on May 28, New York City will soon roll out a public education ...
Eurasian States Pouring Money Into Incarceration, Not Harm Reduction
Harm reduction funding around the world is stalling. By extension, harm reductionists in Eastern ...
Marijuana Ban in Public Housing Lifted in NYC—And Nation May Be Next
Do you support reversing some of these provisions?,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York ...
Three Takeaways From Filter’s Tobacco Harm Reduction and Health Justice Event
On May 17, Filter hosted a panel entitled “Tobacco Harm Reduction, Vulnerable Populations & Health Justice” ...
